Chapter 237: You call this a mountain artillery camp?
"Chu Yunfei has joined our new group?"
At the Yangcun martial arts training ground, Commander Li Da, who was inspecting the training of the first battalion, frowned slightly after listening to the report of the cavalry battalion's communications unit.
He said in a puzzled tone: "Didn't you say that these officers are going to the main regiment? Why are they here here?"
Although the two met in Hulugou last time, Li Yunlong didn't have a good impression of Chu Yunfei.
Of course, the main reason for not having a good impression of Chu Yunfei was that Li Yunlong had a problem with the 358th Regiment when the Eighth Route Army was reorganized to cross the Yellow River eastward.
The more important reason is that although this is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Li Yunlong has been fighting the Kuomintang army for ten years, and it is clear that the two sides cannot urinate in the same pot.
Commander Li Da has always been wary of the national army.
So during the ambush battle in Hulugou, Li Yunlong learned that the 358th Regiment's station was behind him, so he asked the cavalry battalion to ambush behind him to prevent someone from stabbing him.
"Our new regiment is indeed not the main regiment, but we are the ace regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment is also Yan Xishan's ace regiment."
"Ace versus ace, it makes sense."
There were uniform cheers from the soldiers training. Zhao Gang heard Li Yunlong's words and said from the side.
Li Yunlong said in a disdainful tone:
"This train is not pushed, and the cowhide is not blown."
"Our regiment is called the ace regiment because of its actual record, including the Sakata Regiment, the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Brigade, the 225th Regiment, the Okazaki Brigade, and the Yamazaki Detachment."
"By the way, there are also the Yamamoto Special Agent Team, the Seventh Japanese Tank Regiment, the two squadrons of the Kwantung Army, and the Zuojiu Brigade. I don't even bother to mention them."
"Who is not the defeated general of our new regiment?"
"Does the 358th Regiment have any record? It doesn't seem like it does? He doesn't even have a record and he has the nerve to call him an ace?"
"I'm embarrassed to point you out." Zhao Gang said with a smile, "Are you too lazy to mention it? Why don't I use calligraphy to write you a couplet? You can carry it with you every day, and tell people when you see them, you Li Yunlong led the new regiment to annihilate so many enemies, how honorable is that?"
"Do we, Mr. Li, care about face?" Li Yunlong said, "Stop talking nonsense, let's go meet this guy Chu Yunfei."
Zhao Gang said: "After all, I am here to visit today and I am a guest of the headquarters. You have to be polite when you speak. You can't just say a few words and make people unable to get off the stage."
"Don't worry." Li Yunlong hummed, "I know what's going on."
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In the courtyard of the regiment headquarters.
Sun Ming whispered in a low voice: "Tuanzong, have you noticed that this new group looks richer than our 358th group?"
"Walking here from the entrance of the village, this new group's equipment is simply dazzling."
"Such as semi-automatic rifles, Czech light machine guns, Maxim heavy machine guns, 60 mm mortars, and automatic anti-aircraft guns."
"By the way, there are also large-caliber heavy machine guns."
"I also saw how many 75mm mountain cannons there are on the grain drying field?"
Chu Yunfei nodded, with a puzzled look on his face.
He had already seen the new group of sophisticated equipment in Hulugou last time.
At that time, the New Regiment did not yet have equipment such as Garand semi-automatic rifles, large-caliber heavy machine guns, and American 75mm mountain cannons.
At that time, he suspected that the Soviet government might be secretly providing a small amount of weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army.
But now it seems that he is overthinking. Garand semi-automatic rifles and M2 large-caliber heavy machine guns are standard equipment of the US military and cannot be sold by the US.
Could it be that the US is secretly supporting the Eighth Route Army? Chu Yunfei was a little unsure.
Chu Yunfei looked at the equipment that he was extremely jealous of, and the new group was just exposed, with no intention of hiding it.
"Even their cavalry is equipped with Czechs, bullhorns, and mortars."
"There are also those automatic anti-aircraft guns. They are definitely products from major foreign manufacturers. Their quality is much better than the several automatic anti-aircraft guns in Kenanpo."
"Even the Suluotong 20mm anti-aircraft gun equipped by the national army's ace German weapon master was inferior to the one in the hands of the Eighth Route Army."
"And looking at the number, there are at least dozens of them."
"Where did they get so many anti-aircraft guns?"
He glanced at the two 20mm machine guns in the yard with some jealousy, and Chu Yunfei's tone was filled with envy.
If you ask what is the most annoying thing about the Japanese, it is undoubtedly the Japanese planes. If you cannot defeat the Japanese on a frontal battlefield, you can still run away.
For example, the 358th Regiment fought with the Japanese Sakata Regiment and suffered more than 300 casualties within an hour. Chu Yunfei led the 358th Regiment to escape, and the Japanese were helpless.
But there is no way for Japanese planes to bomb your headquarters and artillery positions specifically.
At the Xingkou battlefield, the Japanese army occupied Yangmingbao Airport and had only one flying team with more than 20 aircraft, causing an average of thousands of casualties to Chinese soldiers every day.
On the battlefield, a brigade equipped with dozens of high-performance anti-aircraft machine guns can deny the enemy's aircraft any advantage, and can even shoot down the enemy's aircraft.
Sun Ming said: "One regiment of the Eighth Route Army is actually equipped with dozens of machine guns. It is simply a waste of natural resources."
"These are stated on the surface." Chu Yunfei said solemnly, "It may not be the full strength of the new group."
Sun Ming couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this. Isn't this the full strength of the new group?
"salute!"
Suddenly, the guard's voice sounded outside the door, and Chu Yunfei and Sun Ming turned to look at the door.
I saw Li Yunlong walking in from the door, followed by a fair-faced Eighth Route Army soldier with a bookish air.
Chu Yunfei remembered that he seemed to have seen this person in Hulugou. This person should be Zhao Gang, the political commissar of the new regiment, right?
The two sides met and exchanged military salutes.
"Commander Li, you are safe and sound!"
Chu Yunfei said: "It must have been several months since the last time you and I said goodbye to each other in Hulugou. Commander Li led his troops to completely wipe out the 7th Japanese Tank Regiment, and then led his troops to escape from the enemy while being pursued and intercepted by heavy Japanese troops in the air and on the ground. Encirclement, Chu admires such a feat!"
With a laugh, Li Yunlong said in a sinister tone: "The Seventh Regiment of Japanese Tanks is not worth mentioning."
"Your 358th Regiment is the main force in the World War II area. It is Commander Yan's trump card. It will surely eat up a Japanese regiment, right?"
Chu Yunfei thought to himself, why does Li Yunlong always have thorns in his words when they meet? I, Chu, don't seem to have offended you, Li Yunlong, right?
"I feel ashamed to say it," Chu Yunfei said, "Our unit has fought against the Japanese army several times, but we have never achieved such a dazzling result."
"However, we all fight under the same banner of the same army, belong to the same order of battle of the national army, and serve the country under the command of Chairman Chiang and Commander Yan."
"We should treat each other as brothers."
"Can I call you Brother Yunlong and Brother Zhao?"
Chu Yunfei has always been someone who refuses to suffer, and verbal confrontations are no exception.
What he means by this is that although I, Chu, have never killed the Japanese army, no matter how awesome you Li Yunlong is, aren't you still under the command of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and Commander Yan?
After being pulled back by Chu Yunfei, Li Yunlong laughed twice and said, "No problem, please, Brother Chu."
Li Yunlong invited Chu Yunfei and Sun Ming into the regiment headquarters for a drink of water.
Putting down the water glass, Chu Yunfei said:
"Chu came here this time with the purpose of learning and observing your group."
"Mr. Chu really admires your regiment's record in fighting the Japanese, especially the battle when Brother Yunlong led his troops to wipe out the 7th Japanese Tank Regiment. I was very shocked. Can you let me take a look at your regiment's training?" ?”
"Of course there is no problem. During the period when Commander Chu and Adjutant Sun are observing the regiment, all important matters of the military aircraft will be made public."
Li Yunlong responded with a smile on his face, and there was something different in his smile. Zhao Gang's mouth curled up slightly when he saw this scene.
Training does not need to be hidden, Chu Yunfei can see enough.
Except for the Sharp Sword Squadron, the training methods of other units are similar to those of the Jinsui Army. They are nothing more than physical fitness, stabbing and marksmanship training.
Chu Yunfei actually wanted to see more about how much foreign equipment the new regiment had.
"Brother Chu, please!"
"Brother Yunlong, Brother Zhao please!"
Everyone walked out together.
At this time, the first, second and third battalions of the new regiment and the cavalry battalion were not in Yangcun.
Only the machine gun battalion, heavy machine gun battalion, mountain gun battalion, guard company, and sword squadron are stationed here.
The county brigade has already gone out to do side work, and the Sharp Sword Squadron has also gone to Chenjiayu and Hanjia Village to conduct reconnaissance.
However, the four battalions are not far from Yangcun. Judging from the map, the four battalions are located around Yangcun, protecting Yangcun.
"This is my heavy machine gun battalion, with a total of 24 Maxim heavy machine guns."
Li Yunlong pointed to a row of eight Maxim heavy machine guns arranged in three rows on the ground and said that the soldiers were training to dismantle the heavy machine guns while blindfolded.
Chu Yunfei stepped forward and touched Maxim. The quality was definitely that of a major foreign manufacturer, and neither the range nor accuracy of the Min-24 heavy machine gun could compare with it.
The national army's standard heavy machine gun company is equipped with 6 Civilian Type 24 heavy machine guns, and a heavy machine gun battalion can have up to 18 Civilian Type 24 heavy machine guns.
Li Yunlong's heavy machine gun battalion is actually equipped with 24 Maxim heavy machine guns? Strengthen the heavy machine gun battalion?
The two heavy machine gun companies of the 358th Regiment are equipped with a total of 12 civilian 24 heavy machine guns, and there is no heavy machine gun battalion.
This new group of firepower...
After watching the heavy machine gun camp, Li Yunlong led Chu Yunfei and Sun Ming to the grain drying field in Yangcun.
"Your department's equipment is very luxurious."
"It is actually equipped with a mountain artillery battery of four 75mm caliber mountain cannons. They all appear to be American-style."
"It just so happens that Mr. Chu also has a mountain cannon battalion, but they are all made in Jin Dynasty and only have 12 75mm mountain cannons."
At this time, there were only four M1 75mm caliber mountain guns on the Yangcun Valley, and the artillerymen were conducting gun cleaning training.
Seeing that the new regiment only had four mountain cannons, Chu Yunfei smiled again on his face, thinking that although my mountain cannons are not as good as yours in quality, they are more numerous than you.
With a chuckle, Li Yunlong said: "What a coincidence, Mr. Li also has a mountain artillery camp."
After finishing speaking, Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Zhuzhu!"
The tall and round Wang Chengzhu ran over and saluted Li Yunlong with a military salute: "Here we come!"
Li Yunlong said casually: "Let your artillery push out all the guns from your mountain artillery battalion and show them to Commander Chu for inspection."
It's just a mountain gun camp, so there is no need to hide it, and showing off the muscles openly can also dispel other thoughts of some people, lest cats and dogs jump out to look for them.
"Yes!" Wang Chengzhu turned around, picked up the whistle and started blowing.
The artillerymen who heard the whistle rushed over to assemble and lined up neatly in the grain field.
"Push out all the cannons."
"Move quickly, quickly!"
Wang Chengzhu's voice roared, and the artillerymen dispersed in a hurry, running quickly to the houses around the grain drying field, and the door opened with a bang.
Chu Yunfei's expression was full of surprise.
No way.
No way.
Could it be that Li Yunlong really had a mountain artillery camp?
As the door of the house was pushed open, 75mm mountain cannons were pushed out of the house from the threshold by the new regiment of artillery.
In less than 3 minutes, all the American mountain artillery of the new regiment were neatly placed in the valley.
Originally, the New Regiment only had 20 mountain cannons, but after two aircraft were shot down in the battle of Guanjianao, Chen Feng added 6 more to the New Regiment, and now there are 26 mountain cannons in total.
Chu Yunfei and Sun Mingmo counted twice, there were 26 mountain cannons, and they were dumbfounded.
You call this a mountain artillery camp?
Isn’t this new group too rich?
An infantry regiment is actually equipped with a mountain artillery regiment?
